"which philosopher are you" quiz

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by Esoteric, Jul 8, 2004.

  1. ProCop Valued Senior Member

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    Votorx your view explained I see no problem. (I think more posters feel their phls. profile not being correct...)
     
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  3. Overdose From the steppes of Mongolia Registered Senior Member

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    1. Aquinas (100%) Click here for info
    2. John Stuart Mill (91%) Click here for info
    3. Spinoza (81%) Click here for info
    4. Epicureans (80%) Click here for info
    5. Aristotle (76%) Click here for info
    6. Jeremy Bentham (66%) Click here for info
    7. Kant (58%) Click here for info
    8. Ockham (53%) Click here for info
    9. Ayn Rand (51%) Click here for info
    10. Thomas Hobbes (51%) Click here for info
    11. Prescriptivism (48%) Click here for info
    12. Plato (48%) Click here for info
    13. Stoics (46%) Click here for info
    14. Cynics (43%) Click here for info
    15. St. Augustine (43%) Click here for info
    16. Jean-Paul Sartre (42%) Click here for info
    17. Nietzsche (37%) Click here for info
    18. Nel Noddings (34%) Click here for info
    19. David Hume (26%) Click here for info

    Aquinas 100% !!? This is a very strange result. I don't think that God has so much influence on us. Bad quiz?
     
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  5. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Aquinas?

    1. Aquinas (100%)
    2. Spinoza (82%)
    3. John Stuart Mill (80%)
    4. Aristotle (77%)
    5. St. Augustine (73%)
    6. Jeremy Bentham (58%)
    7. Plato (57%)
    8. Jean-Paul Sartre (56%)
    9. Epicureans (53%)
    10. Kant (53%)
    11. Nel Noddings (53%)
    12. Prescriptivism (47%)
    13. Stoics (46%)
    14. Ayn Rand (39%)
    15. Nietzsche (35%)
    16. David Hume (29%)
    17. Ockham (19%)
    18. Cynics (11%)
    19. Thomas Hobbes (11%)


    I do wonder about the Aquinas part, as well. Specifically on the issue of God. According to the rhetoric of the quiz, I could not and therefore did not acknowledge God in any answer.

    Also I noticed Camus hasn't appeared in anyone's result. I'm not sure whether this is significant.

    (It would appear that the survey selects from a relatively small list of 21 or so philosophers and schools. See http://www.selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY/description.html)
     
    Last edited: Jul 12, 2004
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  7. fadingCaptain are you a robot? Valued Senior Member

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    1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) Click here for info
    2. David Hume (94%) Click here for info
    3. Ayn Rand (89%) Click here for info
    4. Nietzsche (79%) Click here for info
    5. Thomas Hobbes (73%) Click here for info
    6. Aristotle (72%) Click here for info
    7. Stoics (71%) Click here for info
    8. Kant (62%) Click here for info
    9. Nel Noddings (60%) Click here for info
    10. John Stuart Mill (52%) Click here for info
    11. Cynics (50%) Click here for info
    12. Plato (49%) Click here for info
    13. Spinoza (49%) Click here for info
    14. Aquinas (46%) Click here for info
    15. Jeremy Bentham (35%) Click here for info
    16. St. Augustine (35%) Click here for info
    17. Epicureans (32%) Click here for info
    18. Prescriptivism (32%) Click here for info
    19. Ockham (28%) Click here for info

    I guess I need to stop applying Ockham's famous razor....
     
  8. 15ofthe19 35 year old virgin Registered Senior Member

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    1. Aquinas (100%) Click here for info
    2. Kant (98%) Click here for info
    3. Jean-Paul Sartre (85%) Click here for info
    4. Aristotle (81%) Click here for info
    5. John Stuart Mill (81%) Click here for info
    6. Jeremy Bentham (80%) Click here for info
    7. Spinoza (78%) Click here for info
    8. Epicureans (72%) Click here for info
    9. Ayn Rand (68%) Click here for info
    10. Nietzsche (68%) Click here for info
    11. Stoics (65%) Click here for info
    12. Thomas Hobbes (59%) Click here for info
    13. Nel Noddings (55%) Click here for info
    14. David Hume (49%) Click here for info
    15. St. Augustine (37%) Click here for info
    16. Cynics (36%) Click here for info
    17. Ockham (34%) Click here for info
    18. Plato (32%) Click here for info
    19. Prescriptivism (29%) Click here for info
     
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    2. Nel Noddings (94%) Click here for info
    3. Spinoza (94%) Click here for info
    4. Nietzsche (85%) Click here for info
    5. Jeremy Bentham (83%) Click here for info
    6. Stoics (82%) Click here for info
    7. David Hume (80%) Click here for info
    8. Ayn Rand (78%) Click here for info
    9. Epicureans (78%) Click here for info
    10. Aristotle (75%) Click here for info
    11. Cynics (71%) Click here for info
    12. John Stuart Mill (69%) Click here for info
    13. Kant (69%) Click here for info
    14. Thomas Hobbes (69%) Click here for info
    15. Aquinas (60%) Click here for info
    16. St. Augustine (50%) Click here for info
    17. Prescriptivism (42%) Click here for info
    18. Ockham (25%) Click here for info
    19. Plato (10%) Click here for info
     
  10. Princess Science Dork Registered Senior Member

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    1. Aristotle (100%) Click here for info
    2. Epicureans (97%) Click here for info
    3. John Stuart Mill (95%) Click here for info
    4. Aquinas (92%) Click here for info
    5. Jeremy Bentham (81%) Click here for info
    6. Ayn Rand (73%) Click here for info
    7. Thomas Hobbes (71%) Click here for info
    8. David Hume (68%) Click here for info
    9. Spinoza (68%) Click here for info
    10. Nietzsche (68%) Click here for info
    11. Kant (61%) Click here for info
    12. Stoics (61%) Click here for info
    13. Nel Noddings (59%) Click here for info
    14. Jean-Paul Sartre (58%) Click here for info
    15. Cynics (55%) Click here for info
    16. Prescriptivism (45%) Click here for info
    17. Ockham (44%) Click here for info
    18. Plato (37%) Click here for info
    19. St. Augustine (23%) Click here for info
     
  11. Arditezza Banned Banned

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    3. John Stuart Mill (93%) Click here for info
    4. Jeremy Bentham (67%) Click here for info
    5. Epicureans (63%) Click here for info
    6. Aquinas (60%) Click here for info
    7. Ayn Rand (58%) Click here for info
    8. Nietzsche (53%) Click here for info
    9. Prescriptivism (47%) Click here for info
    10. Stoics (47%) Click here for info
    11. Thomas Hobbes (46%) Click here for info
    12. Spinoza (42%) Click here for info
    13. Ockham (39%) Click here for info
    14. St. Augustine (38%) Click here for info
    15. David Hume (37%) Click here for info
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  12. sargentlard Save the whales motherfucker Valued Senior Member

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    1. John Stuart Mill (100%)
    2. Jean-Paul Sartre (94%)
    3. Kant (94%)
    4. Jeremy Bentham (88%)
    5. Epicureans (82%)
    6. Stoics (78%)
    7. Spinoza (75%)
    8. Aristotle (70%)
    9. Ayn Rand (70%)
    10. Aquinas (67%)
    11. David Hume (66%)
    12. Nel Noddings (64%)
    13. Prescriptivism (64%)
    14. Nietzsche (63%)
    15. Thomas Hobbes (61%)
    16. Plato (50%)
    17. Cynics (49%)
    18. St. Augustine (38%)
    19. Ockham (37%)
     
  13. daydream_believer Et in Arcadia Ego Registered Senior Member

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    2.* David Hume **(94%)**Click here for info
    3.* Stoics **(89%)**Click here for info
    4.* Jean-Paul Sartre **(78%)**Click here for info
    5.* Spinoza **(77%)**Click here for info
    6.* Thomas Hobbes **(70%)**Click here for info
    7.* Aristotle **(69%)**Click here for info
    8.* Ayn Rand **(68%)**Click here for info
    9.* Epicureans **(58%)**Click here for info
    10.* Cynics **(56%)**Click here for info
    11.* Kant **(55%)**Click here for info
    12.* Aquinas **(54%)**Click here for info
    13.* Nel Noddings **(51%)**Click here for info
    14.* Plato **(45%)**Click here for info
    15.* St. Augustine **(40%)**Click here for info
    16.* John Stuart Mill **(39%)**Click here for info
    17.* Jeremy Bentham **(35%)**Click here for info
    18.* Prescriptivism **(25%)**Click here for info
    19.* Ockham **(20%)**Click here for info
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  14. philocrazy Banned Banned

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    Which hmm
    which hmmm

    The one who questions all others!!

    which philosopher are they?
    The one who reads one another

    and that my friend is a drop in the ocean
    whereas i am an ocean in a drop

    Philosopher Philocrazy.
     
  15. shrubby pegasus Registered Senior Member

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    1. Stoics (100%) Click here for info
    2. Nietzsche (92%) Click here for info
    3. Spinoza (88%) Click here for info
    4. Thomas Hobbes (83%) Click here for info
    5. Aristotle (78%) Click here for info
    6. Aquinas (78%) Click here for info
    7. Jean-Paul Sartre (77%) Click here for info
    8. Epicureans (75%) Click here for info
    9. Jeremy Bentham (71%) Click here for info
    10. David Hume (69%) Click here for info
    11. Cynics (68%) Click here for info
    12. Ayn Rand (60%) Click here for info
    13. Kant (52%) Click here for info
    14. Nel Noddings (46%) Click here for info
    15. John Stuart Mill (40%) Click here for info
    16. Plato (39%) Click here for info
    17. Prescriptivism (37%) Click here for info
    18. St. Augustine (35%) Click here for info
    19. Ockham (32%) Click here for info
     
  16. Oxygen One Hissy Kitty Registered Senior Member

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    1. Epicureans (100%)
    2. Nietzsche (81%)
    3. Kant (80%)
    4. Jean-Paul Sartre (77%)
    5. John Stuart Mill (77%)
    6. Stoics (69%)
    7. Jeremy Bentham (64%)
    8. Spinoza (64%)
    9. Thomas Hobbes (63%)
    10. David Hume (59%)
    11. Ayn Rand (57%)
    12. Prescriptivism (57%)
    13. Aquinas (52%)
    14. Aristotle (50%)
    15. Nel Noddings (47%)
    16. Cynics (43%)
    17. Ockham (42%)
    18. St. Augustine (23%)
    19. Plato (21%)

    Epicureans, hmm, so what's wrong with enjoying life? Two of my favorite lines are:
    "Everything in excess! Moderation is for monks!"
    and
    "Too much of a good thing is wonderful!"

    I can't remember who said them, though. I think Mae West was one of them. May have even been both.
     
  17. StarOfEight A Man of Taste and Decency Registered Senior Member

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    That's not Epicurus, though. That's just the way the term is misued in modern English.

    "Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."

    That's Epicurus.

    Oh, and ...

    1. Stoics (100%) Click here for info
    2. Aquinas (91%) Click here for info
    3. Jean-Paul Sartre (81%) Click here for info
    4. Kant (74%) Click here for info
    5. Aristotle (73%) Click here for info
    6. David Hume (69%) Click here for info
    7. Spinoza (69%) Click here for info
    8. Jeremy Bentham (63%) Click here for info
    9. Cynics (60%) Click here for info
    10. Nietzsche (60%) Click here for info
    11. Ayn Rand (57%) Click here for info
    12. John Stuart Mill (55%) Click here for info
    13. St. Augustine (50%) Click here for info
    14. Plato (47%) Click here for info
    15. Thomas Hobbes (44%) Click here for info
    16. Epicureans (36%) Click here for info
    17. Nel Noddings (34%) Click here for info
    18. Ockham (27%) Click here for info
    19. Prescriptivism (27%) Click here for info

    Prescriptivism and Ockham seem to be noticeably unpopular choices.

    I don't understand how my three most similar philosophers can be the Stoics (theist), Aquinas (theist), and Sartre (atheist).
     
  18. MewSkitty Sciforums.com sucks! Registered Senior Member

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    My "score" as it could be called is:
    1. Spinoza (100%)
    2. John Stuart Mill (94%)
    3. Kant (91%)
    4. Aquinas (88%)
    5. Ayn Rand (84%)
    6. Jeremy Bentham (78%)
    7. Jean-Paul Sartre (73%)
    8. Stoics (73%)
    9. St. Augustine (73%)
    10. Epicureans (69%)
    11. Aristotle (65%)
    12. Nietzsche (64%)
    13. Cynics (61%)
    14. Prescriptivism (47%)
    15. David Hume (43%)
    16. Nel Noddings (40%)
    17. Plato (35%)
    18. Ockham (34%)
    19. Thomas Hobbes (29%)
     
  19. Knife Familyman G Registered Senior Member

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    1. Aquinas (100%) Click here for info
    2. Spinoza (98%) Click here for info
    3. Jeremy Bentham (95%) Click here for info
    4. John Stuart Mill (91%) Click here for info
    5. Aristotle (86%) Click here for info
    6. Epicureans (78%) Click here for info
    7. Stoics (73%) Click here for info
    8. Kant (70%) Click here for info
    9. Ayn Rand (67%) Click here for info
    10. Cynics (67%) Click here for info
    11. St. Augustine (67%) Click here for info
    12. Nietzsche (60%) Click here for info
    13. Prescriptivism (60%) Click here for info
    14. Jean-Paul Sartre (55%) Click here for info
    15. Nel Noddings (53%) Click here for info
    16. Thomas Hobbes (46%) Click here for info
    17. David Hume (45%) Click here for info
    18. Plato (41%) Click here for info
    19. Ockham (37%) Click here for info
     
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  21. mis-t-highs I'm filling up Registered Senior Member

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    1. John Stuart Mill (100%)
    2. Jeremy Bentham (96%)
    3. Kant (93%)
    4. Jean-Paul Sartre (82%)
    5. Ayn Rand (78%)
    6. Epicureans (72%)
    7. Prescriptivism (69%)
    8. Aquinas (67%)
    9. Cynics (63%)
    10. Nel Noddings (61%)
    11. Aristotle (52%)
    12. Thomas Hobbes (50%)
    13. Ockham (48%)
    14. St. Augustine (48%)
    15. David Hume (45%)
    16. Nietzsche (45%)
    17. Spinoza (41%)
    18. Plato (38%)
    19. Stoics (30%)
     
  22. Crunchy Cat F-in' *meow* baby!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I had no idea I was such a philosopher.

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    6. Cynics (61%) Click here for info
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    10. John Stuart Mill (55%) Click here for info
    11. Epicureans (40%) Click here for info
    12. Plato (40%) Click here for info
    13. Jeremy Bentham (35%) Click here for info
    14. Aristotle (31%) Click here for info
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